Blog Posts in Category: Health

Trying to lose weight or find the motivation to get to the gym? There’s an app for that. Gone are the days of technology holding back the couch potatoes, technology has now made it easy enough to have a personal trainer in the palm of your hand. There are hundreds on weight loss apps on the market for your smart phone that can help you track how much you’re eating, how many calories you burned on your run, fitness tips, and even personalized workout plans. Who needs a trainer or even a gym when... Read More

This Saturday, October 29th, UNH Campus Recreation will be holding a 5k (3 miles) road race for the homecoming festivities. The run will start off at 9am and welcomes runners up to the challenge. This race is a certified USA Track & Field course that will loop through the UNH campus and Durham. This road race will test the runner’s strength, determination, and endurance.
Many of the runners participating at this Saturday’s race have experience with long distance running, and will be able... Read More

With
Halloween right around the corner, the craving for chocolate may be a healthy
one. Researchers are now conducting
studies between women and the effects of chocolate consumption. They have found links between chocolate
consumption and lowered blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, and in
a recent study, a lowered risk of stroke in women. Susanna Larsson, an Associate Professor in
the division of Nutritional Epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in
Stockholm, has been studying... Read More

Being a student who goes to the gym daily, I notice habits others have that can truly harm their physical health. Many students are often strapped for time and make their gym session an “in-and-out” type deal. It is good students are exercising, but many do not stretch. They may be unaware of the benefits that stretching provides. Stretching should be done before and after a moderate or intense workout is completed. The average time for both is roughly 10-15 minutes. If you cannot sacrifice... Read More

Ever since I was young, I had the common
assumption that “coffee stunts your growth” drilled into my head. As I got
older, I watched my parents drink multiple cups of coffee before heading off to
work and I eventually found myself relying on the drink either in the morning
or pulling an all-nighter to study for an exam. With that being said, there has
been a constant debate for decades if coffee is actually harmful to your health
and Health Magazine tries to get to the bottom of it.
An article... Read More

School has started and we are all getting into the flow of things - going to class, hitting the gym, and frequenting the food halls with our friends. While this is all fine and dandy, there is something looming around the corner… Flu Season! Don’t be too afraid. There are three easy ways to combat this issue as set forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. First and foremost, get a flu vaccination! UNH Health Services will be providing a Flu Clinic on Wednesday, October 5 in the... Read More

This past summer a hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL, Rick Rypien, passed away where he resides in Coleman, Alberta. His former team, the Vancouver Canucks reported that Rypien had been suffering from severe depression. On the ice he was a heavy-hitting, skilled, two-way hockey player. Though, off the ice his mental health was a rollercoaster ride. The Jet's Assistant General Manager Craig Heisinger, stated that Rypien was a simple guy that had some issues to deal with. His... Read More

After an intense workout session, it’s human nature to toss our damp, sweaty clothes into a gym bag and eventually take care of them when it’s time to do a load of laundry. However, the one vital step that most people don’t take care of is the bag that carries all the germs. Health magazine recently published an article that examined the perfect environment we are creating for bacteria to thrive in. Although we are doing a great thing for our bodies by being active, if we don’t properly take... Read More

As some of you hopefully know about already, Healthy UNH is running its third campus-wide Fall into Fitness Event for students, faculty and staff. For those of you who don’t know, you have only a few more days to sign up for this fitness competition. To participate in this competition is easy; form a team of 1-5 people and register yourself or your team by September 29 on the Healthy UNH website. Between October 3 and October 30, teams will keep track of their fitness minutes weekly and enter... Read More

Exams are fast approaching for many of us and because of
that fact, we may not be getting to the gym as much as we would like to. Will
missing a couple sessions at the gym hurt your overall health? Not a chance.
However, why not help the body out during those long study sessions and instead
of chowing down a bag of chips, or eating up a candy bar, have some fantastic
tasting fruits!
The Choose
My Plate website states that fruits are low calorie, low sodium and have
no cholesterol, which makes... Read More